The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-05-29
THE OUANDARY.

I There rs no doubt OF one thlng. Inc
Chief Justice Of the Dispatch is very mad,
and we expect that Colonel Ruffin is, too.
The Chief Justice has given notice sew
eral times that if Judge Bond interfered
with the Coupon Crusher ne was going
TO get angry, and now he has gone and
done It, One would suppose from read
ing the Chief Jnstces remarks upon
Judge Bond, that he regarded that func-
ti0nary as little, if any better, than one
Of the wicked.
The Chief Justice inquiries, " How is
Mr.. Witt to know which Of the persons
whom the law requires him to sue bought
their coupons from Mr.. Cooper
Confdentially, entirely we will inform
the Chief Justice Let Mr. Witt read
Mr.. Coopers bill, which is on file in the
United States Circuit Court. open to the
inspection Of all, and he will find set out
in that bill the name of each person who
bought coupons from Mr.. Cooper with
the amount purchased by each, and thus
Mr.. Witt will learn which Of them
bought from Mr. Cooper.
The Chief Justice also inquiries, " Are
Mr.. Coopers friends to be projected and
all other persons who refuse TO pay their
taxes in money to have their lands COW
cred with liens?'
We answer the Chief Justice yes"
As Mr. Cooper has given each person
who bought coupons from him written
guarantee to save him harmless, court
oe equity refuses to see him made the
victim Of six hundred law suits when all
his rights and all the rights Of all the
other parties can be fully adjudicated and
passed upon in one We are surprised TO
find the Chief Justice rusty respecting
a principle of equity jurisdiction so famil-
lar as this. And the moral is that those
who wish to pay in coupons and TO have
efTectual protection against the unlawful
acts of the States officers have only TO
buy their coupons from Mr. Cooper and
get his written guarantee Of protection
The Chief Justice finds in VT. CoopeT's
written guarantee the statement that ne
is authorized by ;he Virginia Committee
of the Council of FOREIGN Bondholders to
make the written guarantee that he does
make, and the Chief Justice concludes
from that that the Council of Foreign
Bondholders is the real party in interest
and that Mr.. Cooper has n in crest in
the matter But the CHIEF Justice should
have considered that although the Coun-
ell Foreign Bon iholders may be tn D.
real party in interest, yet whether wise
or .nwise in Mr. Cooper to do So it is a
stubborn fact that he has given his own
individual guarantee to 2jS persons, and
that these PCS persons look to him for in
demnity and not to the Council of For
eign Bondholders 1t will be no solace
to Mr.. Cooper to know that these 2Gs per
sons ought T., have looked to the Council
after he nas been ruined by six hundred
lawsuits.
The Chief Justice remarks that Mr.
Witt will, Of course, inquire whether Mr.
Cooper has obtained a license as a cou-
pom broker Why make this inquiry?
Mr. Cooper has no such license, and he
daily proclaims that fact in the presence
and out Of the presence Of the States Of
ficers Why DO they not arrest him for
selling coupons without license?
1t also suggests that Mr.. Cooper
should be prosecuted for stirring up liti-
CATION in the community; and why is he
not prosecuted for this ; One indictment
was found against him last January on
this very charge Why is ne not prose-
cuted upon it, As we said long ago,
this is not championship Of the bond
holders it is simply matter Of protect
ing citizens in their rights.